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Wow great point thanks

@Arcangelo No problem

I do know better. And I don't support pedophilia, I just understand historical context

Hey, so I had a big awakening recently, and I don't know if I would say i'm enlightened but I believe this insight is significant. I thought it would be fun if anyone who believes they are enlightened or has a lot of wisdom around meditation could ask questions to test my understanding. Even if you're not enlightened feel free to try and burst my bubble. I am enlightened, prove me wrong

@Someone here I basically don't feel a need to seek. There's this sense of deep contentment, and a calm to my experience now. I still have more to understand and grow into, but there seems to be unshakeable shift in my experience. All of this came from just realizing the simplicity of me being conscious

@Someone here Ultimately there is no difference. There's just consciousness here. But practically, the difference is I realized the value/importance/primacy/everpresent nature of consciousness. Being conscious of experience is effortless, we are always conscious. There's nothing more important to me then simply being conscious

@Someone here Maybe i'm not as enlightened as I thought I was? Or maybe you don't have to know what consciousness is

@Someone here I don't know what it is. But I guess you can say I know that this is consciousness. In a sense consciousness is all I know

@Consilience Nice man. Good luck with your channel

@Someone here I don't think any words can describe what it is. All I can say is this is consciousness. It's all just consciousness

@JosephKnecht Hey, I was reflecting on what you wrote and I don't understand what you're pointing at. These words put my mind in like a trance and I just know something significant was said, but I don't see the significance

I think it's as simple as recognizing consciousness and resting in that effortless space. I agree about the returning to what is, that's a good description. It feels like I'm constantly bringing my attention to what is

I would say existence is consciousness, and I've never experienced non existent so I don't know how to answer that.

Yeah I probably should do another trip soon. When I take psychs it feels like I'm getting chemo therapy. I get nauseous and my head hurts. But theres also potential for incredible release of tension and suffering It's like I can flow down river slowly, or run my boat down the waterfall

Hi, so I've reached a point in my practice where I believe I'm capable of helping others but I have some questions and would appreciate feed back on my situation. Basically, I realize that I am conscious presence. I am almost certain that this is the essence of self inquiry, just simply abiding as your self as this aware presence. I don't consider myself finished on the path or anything, but my relationship to seeking is different now, and I am content just letting my emotional traumas and tensions of the body unwind on their own, the more I live from this place of simple presence. I am confident that I can help people become aware of the significance of their own presence, and basically give anyone who is open to meditation a simple self inquiry instruction. I know my limitations, and I have a good grasp on what I can and can't help people with, but the way I see it if I could have spoken to myself 4-5 years ago when I started meditation, I would have been incredibly helpful to my past self. I'm concerned that I still have a lot of emotional baggage and trauma, but I have very high self awareness, and I am confident that if I were to help a person with meditation I can behave as a professional despite my own psychological flaws. I spent some time answering questions on the Healthy Gamer discord about meditation, and it was really awesome. I've talked to a few spiritual teachers these past few years, and I really like any conversations about the path, enlightenment etc. I noticed that when I was trying to answer people's questions about meditation, I am essentially responding as this conscious presence. The act of helping really brought me intune with myself, and it was very cool to witness this happen. It makes me think i'm on the right track, and I may be ready to teach in some capacity. I know that at some point I want to share my understanding with others, but I'm not sure if I should wait or if I am ready as I am. It's clear to me that my character/perspectives will change pretty quickly as I spend more time living from this conscious presence, but I'm not sure if I should just do something else first and then come back to teach in a few years. I know we have some teachers on the forum @Nahm @Moksha Thanks everyone

I'm not there yet. But it will come

First we get the money. Then we get the Power. Then we get the Woman

No I think this is accurate, and I feel comfortable with this place as my base. But I know I could feel better. It's been about 2 weeks. I've been reflecting on it, but it's hard to pinpoint exactly how/when it happeend Yes, lots. I have a lot of emotional repression and suppression. Even as I type this I feel tremendous pressure rippling through my jaw and head. I have a ton of stuff to let go of. No, there are no thoughts like that bother me. I grew up kinda like jofferey from game of thrones in a sense, so I'm numb to everything. Like I know there are things I wouldn't want, like I wouldn't want to be in Napoleans Army retreating from russia, but that thought doesn't bother me it's just a thought. If I were in hell, i'd be hopeful that consciousness is enough to get me out. I don't perceive a gap. It's just this consciousness. There are no words that can truly to point to what it feels like. What are DP/DR symptoms? If I do have symptoms none of them bother me

You are consciousness

Thanks. So I'm 26, I live in Vancouver, Canada. My family is from India, but I was born in Canada. Started meditating about 6 years ago after Leo said it was the best thing to do improve your life. I was doing a Sam Harris guided meditation for like 3 years, ranging from 30 mins to 60 mins a day. Most I ever took off during that period was a few months, but I was pretty consistent. 2 years ago found this forum. Realized that my meditation was nice because it got me interested in spirituality and being aware of my thoughts, but the meditation barely had an effect on my well being and I was more conscious, but overall it didn't improve my life. As I learned more on the forum I found Ekkart Tolle and Rupert Spira, I really liked their teachings but I didn't really understand their teaching, even though I did some guided meditations. about 1.5 years ago I had a spiritual breakthrough with LSD, it was like my 4th trip, but I got nauseous on the trip and had to lay down, and at some point I just started relaxing and feeling into tensions in my body, then I had some experience of like awareness being awareness in like an infinte loop, and that ended with a crown chakra opened where it felt like my head being opened from the inside, I even felt my head being sticky and being ripped apart. Then I felt just bliss flowing from the universe into me, it was incredible. Still the peakest experience of my life, I've never reached that peak since. I was basically chasing that peak state for like a year, up until a few weeks ago. In that year of chasing i got really depressed and gave up on life. I dropped out of law school because I thought I was already enlightened and was close to the same peak, and then regretted it and got really depressed and just gave up for like 6 months. Like 6 months ago I came home really depressed from work, and then I just layed down and said I can only feel good right now in this moment, and I just spent all day just laying in bed and focusing on my inner sensations for 3 days straight. I had some blissful experiences from those 3 days, and it basically wiped out my depression and gave me hope that meditation can work, and I can reach that peak state I found a few years ago. The past 6 months I've basically felt like I was one day away from enlightenment, even though It was out of reach. I would come home from work, smoke weed and listen to Rupert Spira. Each time I would listen, I would feel like I'm close to enlightenment I feel my tensions unwinding, but then I'd lose it and end up seeking again. I had ups and downs in this period, I thought maybe I was off base, I would think I'm stuck. I had like 5 periods where I thought I was stagnating, only to make more progress in the next few days. It reached a point where I didn't even care if I stagnated because I knew I would overcome the plateu. A few weeks ago I had the major insight. I can't really remember when/how it happened. But it feels like a culimination of all my seeking, because I heard this stuff before. I just realized that conscious presence is the key. Our own consciousness is what we seek. But consciousness is always present. And it just kinda took hold, and now consciousness is just the most important thing and it solves all my seeking. Consciousness is like the final key to the puzzle. There's more to my story, but this is the main points.

I don't know. I'm just aware. It's just consciousness. I'm just here, not sure how else to describe it

Yeah this is a great point. It seems like things are going to continue to unfold, so there's never really a point where you can stand your ground and claim enlightenment

@Zeroguy idk lol I can't tell with you Thank you, i wish you well too

I don't feel like I'm behind the eyes. But I feel tremendous pressure in my eye sockets and the center of my forehead. There's just this recognition of consciousness. I still feel my body. It's heavily contracted, and I've experienced an uncontracted body on psychidelics so I know what's coming

@Zeroguy My next step is to make a bunch of money. I'm not sure how I'm going to do it yet, I was thinking of going semi pro in league of legends and maybe streaming, you can make millions as league streamer. But I'm concerned about fame, so if I can make money without being too public that would be better. I want to spend a few years just having fun and travelling around, I'll also look for a relationship. Surfing in hawaii, maybe develop some awesome video games, just enjoying being in the world in nature walking around etc, I'll also probably work on developing some siddhis in the future. I feel like spirituality has just started for me so there's a lot of territory to explore. Does this bother you?